Authorities have now given a statement about the noise that many concluded to be gunfire. “As people were exiting the Barclays Center, there was music playing over the PA system,” Lieutenant Tarik Sheppard told VIBE.

“The song that was playing had the sound of gunshots at the end. In addition, the stage was lowered and it came down faster than normal causing a loud metal on metal crashing sound. These sounds coupled together startled some people and they began to exit quicker than normal.”